A woman named Desi, who was one of those so-called gifted students during her adolescence, recently revealed that the program's true purpose wasn't to inspire and challenge the smart kids, but to keep ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I don't remember precisely when I first heard the word "gifted," but it must have been in early elementary school. I do remember ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) attends a news conference on Oct. 1 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The Oct. 4 editorial “Damaging education in the name of equity” ...

Public schools in other states offer more support for gifted children than Massachusetts does. It doesn’t have to be that way. I didn’t think much about gifted and talented programs until I saw my ...

Schools are ending gifted and talented programs: They will no longer separate kids by ability. Why? To address “inequity.” “This is so misguided,” education researcher Michael Petrilli told me. “These ...

One of New Jersey’s largest suburban school districts is making a big change in its programming for high-performing students over the objections of some parents. The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional ...

I still remember the the first time I heard about “gifted” kids. I was fifteen, and taking part in a summer program for “gifted” Michigan high school students. Most of my classmates in the program had ...

While every child deserves to be treated like they're "gifted," whether it's in an academic context or at home indulging in passions and unique interests, many truly gifted kids — characterized by ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Privately admistered comprehensive IQ tests like the most recent editions of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale (WISC IV) or the Stanford Binet (SB V) are considered more reliable and valid, and offer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "In G/T, I learned quickly that much of my self-esteem came from academic praise and approval from adults," the author writes.